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University Of Illinois Urbana Campus Announces Total Ban On Tobacco Products
Officials at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced the campus is now 100% smoke- and tobacco-free.
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Downstate Lawmaker Explains Proposal For Two Illinois States: Chicago & Downstate
State Representative Brad Halbrook, sponsor of a resolution to divide downstate Illinois and the Chicago area into separate states, says the U-S constitution provides a clear path for such a process.
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Strike Averted On U Of I Campus, As Food & Building Service Workers Vote To Approve New Contract
Food and building service workers on the University of Illinois Urbana campus have voted to ratify new contract, avoiding a strike that would’ve begun Thursday, on freshman move-in day.
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IWU Professor Finds ‘Shocking’ Conditions At U.S. Immigration Facilities
Kathleen O’Gorman spent her summer on the front lines of America’s broken immigration system.
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Veggie Vans Tour Food Deserts With A Truckful Of Produce
Many cities have neighborhoods where it’s hard to find healthy food, especially fruits and vegetables. In Columbus, Ohio, a new mobile market is bringing healthy food to people who live in these food deserts. It's part of a wider effort to see what helps people eat better.
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Davis Answers Questions, Heckling, At Parkland Event
Congressman Rodney Davis found both supporters and critics at his second Open Government Night, held Monday night at Parkland College in Champaign. But it was the critics who were the most vocal.
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‘Our Life Turned Upside Down’: Family Of Yingying Zhang Creates Fund To Help Others
The family of University of Illinois visiting scholar Yingying Zhang has created an endowment fund in her honor. The money will be used to support international students in crisis and their families.
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Urbana Officials Seek Public Input On Sale and Taxing Of Recreational Cannabis
Urbana city officials want to hear what residents think about the sale and taxing of recreational cannabis. A listening session on the topic will be held at the City Council meeting 7 p.m. tonight.
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Barickman Awaits Impact Of New Law To Help Sexual Assult Victims
State Senator Jason Barickman concedes a new law he co-sponosred to prevent further trauma to some sexual assault victims might not be enough to assuage victims' concerns.
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State Sues Aqua Illinois After Lead Found In Chicago Suburb’s Water
Illinois has filed a lawsuit alleging that the company that provides water to the Chicago suburb of University Park caused lead to contaminate the village's drinking water.